British American Tobacco p.l.c. (LON:BATS) Insider Tadeu Marroco Buys 433 Shares

British American Tobacco p.l.c. (LON:BATS - Get Free Report) insider Tadeu Marroco acquired 433 shares of the company's stock in a transaction dated Thursday, May 9th. The shares were bought at an average cost of GBX 2,076 ($26.08) per share, with a total value of £8,989.08 ($11,292.81).

Tadeu Marroco also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Wednesday, May 1st, Tadeu Marroco bought 6 shares of British American Tobacco stock. The stock was purchased at an average cost of GBX 2,347 ($29.48) per share, for a total transaction of £140.82 ($176.91).
• On Wednesday, April 3rd, Tadeu Marroco purchased 7 shares of British American Tobacco stock. The shares were purchased at an average price of GBX 2,401 ($30.16) per share, with a total value of £168.07 ($211.14).
• On Wednesday, March 6th, Tadeu Marroco acquired 6 shares of British American Tobacco stock. The stock was purchased at an average cost of GBX 2,293 ($28.81) per share, for a total transaction of £137.58 ($172.84).

British American Tobacco Stock Performance

BATS traded up GBX 32 ($0.40) during trading on Friday, reaching GBX 2,433 ($30.57). 6,541,179 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 4,781,490. British American Tobacco p.l.c. has a 52 week low of GBX 2,233 ($28.05) and a 52 week high of GBX 2,765.50 ($34.74). The company has a current ratio of 0.90, a quick ratio of 0.47 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 75.41. The firm has a 50 day moving average of GBX 2,348.36 and a 200 day moving average of GBX 2,380.55. The stock has a market cap of £54.26 billion, a P/E ratio of -376.35, a PEG ratio of 3.12 and a beta of 0.25.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Separately, Jefferies Financial Group restated a "buy" rating and set a GBX 3,300 ($41.46) price objective on shares of British American Tobacco in a research note on Monday, April 22nd.

About British American Tobacco

British American Tobacco p.l.c. engages in the provision of tobacco and nicotine products to consumers worldwide. It also offers vapour, heated, and modern oral nicotine products; combustible cigarettes; and traditional oral products, such as snus and moist snuff. The company offers its products under the Vuse, glo, Velo, Grizzly, Kodiak, Dunhill, Kent, Lucky Strike, Pall Mall, Rothmans, Camel, Natural American Spirit, Newport, Vogue, Viceroy, Kool, Peter Stuyvesant, Craven A, State Express 555 and Shuang Xi brands.